Freud's controversial theory of the interpretation of dreams causes a lot of skepticism and enthusiasm. But its essence is irrefutable. Very often, a thorough analysis of Freud’s sleep with the use of images interpreted by him and with the right analysis technique allows a person to understand the true causes of experiences.
Dreams in Freud's theory behind their explicit meaning hide the real experiences of man. The explicit meaning is the dream itself with those persons, objects and actions that remain in memory after awakening. Since it is very difficult to solve dreams according to Freud, it is necessary to understand the mechanism of interaction of images from dreams with consciousness, with a person’s experience and with his unconscious.
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The process of interpreting dreams is always multi-stage. True dreams are hidden beneath dreams, reliably protected by an internal "censor" from consciousness. In dreams, thoughts are transformed into visual images. Often it is difficult to solve them. Dreams may thicken. In this case, consciousness transforms hidden experiences into a minimum of images and events that have been dreamed of.
When there is a shift in the meaning of sleep, the images are not clearly guessed, they are only indirect allusions to the hidden meaning. It happens that thoughts in a dream transform into those images that have formed in a person long before the events of today. The interpretation of dreams according to Freud, should take into account any of the options for transformation.